SH Staff Predictions for 2012-13 NBA Season

Predictions are like armpits. Everyone has them, and most of them stink.

I could have used a different anatomical reference than armpits, but my dad reads this site and calls me on the phone and yells at me when I use naughty words, so I am holding back.

But you get the idea.

The opening of the NBA season means writers at all the national Web sites and newspapers will be making predictions. Most of them will be wrong. But as long as the writer or broadcaster or commentator has given the matter some serious thought, it’s nice to see who everyone likes.

But we are talking about the perfectly constructed team, with four future Hall-of-Famers in the starting lineup, and a fifth guy, Metta World Peace, who says they can win 73. Sometimes, you have to blindly follow Metta — as anyone who follows him on Twitter can relate to.

Anyway, we have about 100 years of NBA journalism experience accumulated among the staffers here, and they have been polled on their picks for East champs, West champs, NBA champs, and the various individual awards. Here they are:

Picking Kyrie Irving for MVP is a way to get the site talked about I guess. Kyrie instantly became one of my favourite players outside of Miami last season, but he’s playing on a terrible team and it’s his 2nd year. Simply too early for him to be in the conversation.

Oh, and the only way LeBron James doesn’t win MVP again is injuries or if Durant magically became an A-grade defender over the off-season (doesn’t look like it).